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# According to Ashkenazim, one may not use a salt shaker which has rice kernels in it, placed there to absorb moisture, because in using the shaker one will be separating the salt from the rice.<ref>39 Melachos (vol 2, pg 515) writes that it's forbidden. He also quotes Halachos of Shabbos (Rabbi Eider) who quotes Rav Moshe and Rav Aharon Kotler as agreeing. Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 3:66 writes that it's better not to. </ref>However, according to Sephardim, it is permissible to use such a salt shaker.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Shabbat vol 3, pg 307) </ref>
# According to Ashkenazim, one may not use a salt shaker which has rice kernels in it, placed there to absorb moisture, because in using the shaker one will be separating the salt from the rice.<ref>39 Melachos (vol 2, pg 515) writes that it's forbidden. He also quotes Halachos of Shabbos (Rabbi Eider) who quotes Rav Moshe and Rav Aharon Kotler as agreeing. Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 3:66 writes that it's better not to. </ref>However, according to Sephardim, it is permissible to use such a salt shaker.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Shabbat vol 3, pg 307) </ref>
# If a tea kettle has a mixture of tea and tea leaves and at the spout of the kettle there is a mesh wiring that separate out the leaves, one may pour from the kettle as long as the tea leaves have settled to the bottom of the pot and aren't being separated from the liquid going through the spout. However, once the flow comes to a trickle one shouldn't pour from the kettle because in doing so one would be separating the tea from the tea leaves using a strainer. <ref>39 Melachos (vol 2, pg 519) </ref>
# If a tea kettle has a mixture of tea and tea leaves and at the spout of the kettle there is a mesh wiring that separate out the leaves, one may pour from the kettle as long as the tea leaves have settled to the bottom of the pot and aren't being separated from the liquid going through the spout. However, once the flow comes to a trickle one shouldn't pour from the kettle because in doing so one would be separating the tea from the tea leaves using a strainer. <ref>39 Melachos (vol 2, pg 519) </ref>
 
# A child who understands the holiness of Shabbat should not be let to play with a sifting toy which sifts out pebbles or dirt from the sand.<ref>39 Melachos (vol 2, pg 516)</ref>
# Draining the dressing from salad using a slotted spoon is a violation of Merakaid.<ref>39 Melachos (vol 2, pg 525)</ref>
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